September 2, 1992 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder talks with Lee Pao Xiong, executive director of Hmong American Partnership, about Hmong youth in Minnesota. Xiong describes gender and family dynamics within Hmong community and language struggles of young Hmong students in Minnesota education system.
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December 7, 1992 - MPR’s Leif Enger reports on travelling educators who have created a musical road school in Northern Minnesota. Enger interviews both educator and student alike on this newfound access in learning how to play an instrument.
January 14, 1993 - MPR’s John Biewen reports that Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (Corporation) has pulled MECC software program “Freedom!” video game after criticism from students and schools, finding it racially inappropriate. The program simulates the attempt by African slaves to escape from an 1830s southern plantation via the Underground Railroad.
January 23, 1993 - MPR’s Perry Finelli interviews Marjorie Cowmeadow, associate dean of General College and University of Minnesota, about five recommendation actions to address discrimination of gay, lesbian, and bisexuals on campus. Cowmeadow details one of the actions, a proposal for a gay and lesbian studies program.